DEMIRA
| DEMIRA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Registered association |
| founding | 1996 |
| founder | Martin Auracher |
| Seat | Sauerlach , Germany |
| main emphasis | Mine clearance, humanitarian aid, disaster relief |
| Action space | worldwide |
| Website | www.demira.org |
DEMIRA , originally DEMIRA Deutsche Mine Clearers , is an aid organization with a focus on humanitarian mine clearance and ordnance disposal . The association's headquarters are in Sauerlach . Martin Auracher (1969–2016) was the founder and chairman until 2016. After his death, the organization was, according to its own information, in the process of restructuring; in November 2017 the association DEMIRA e. V. founded in Sauerlach. Marcia Auracher-Hamzat is the chairwoman of today's DEMIRA.
Fields of activity
Over the years, other tasks were added to mine clearance and ordnance disposal. These include disaster relief, emergency medical care, the training of local deminers, the development of mechanical demining devices and the training of mine and explosive detection dogs. Informing and educating the civilian population about the dangers of landmines in the affected areas is also important. An Emergency Response Unit , consisting of doctors, paramedics, technicians and logisticians, is available for emergency aid and can be dispatched to disaster regions within a short period of time.
partner
The association is a member of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband (regional association of Bavaria) and of Aktion Deutschland Hilft . The Foreign Office and the European Office for Cooperation of the European Commission are partners for foreign assignments . For example, the federal government financed the mine clearance operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Libya .
Missions (selection)
- Angola (demining)
- Bosnia-Herzegovina (mine clearance)
- Haiti (emergency aid after the 2010 earthquake )
- Iraq (refugee aid)
- Japan (emergency aid after the 2011 tsunami disaster )
- Croatia (mine clearance)
- Lebanon (emergency supply and mine reconnaissance in the Lebanon war 2006 )
- Libya (mine clearance and training of local deminers)
- Mozambique (mine clearance)
- Nepal (emergency medical aid and reconstruction after the 2015 earthquake )
- Pakistan (humanitarian aid after the 2010 flood disaster )
- Sri Lanka (emergency aid after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake )
Web links
- DEMIRA
- Andrea Hösch: Contested corridor (report in Greenpeace magazine , issue 2.13)
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Paul Auracher obituary notice , Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 11, 2016 issue
- ↑ Donate. DEMIRA e. V., 2016, archived from the original on December 18, 2017 ; accessed on December 18, 2017 : “Due to the death of our chairman Mr. Auracher in August this year, we are currently in a phase of restructuring. For this reason it is currently not possible for us to accept donations. "
- ^ Aktion Deutschland Hilft. Our aid organizations. Accessed December 10, 2015
- ↑ Report of the Federal Government on the status of efforts in arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation as well as on the development of the armed forces potential (Annual Disarmament Report 2013) Retrieved on July 29, 2019